Very incomplete list! | |  Edwin Ross Adair (1907-1983) — also known asE. Ross Adair — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.Born in Albion,NobleCounty, Ind.,December14, 1907.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1951-71; defeated,1970; U.S. Ambassador toEthiopia, 1971-74.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;Elks;American BarAssociation;Amvets;Delta Sigma Phi;PhiAlpha Delta.Died, followingmultiple heartbypass surgery, in LutheranHospital,Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.,May 5,1983 (age75 years, 142days).Interment atGreenlawnMemorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Wayne, Ind. | | Anthony Alfred Alaimo (1920-2009) — also known asAnthony A. Alaimo — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.; St. Simons Island,GlynnCounty, Ga.Born in Termini, Sicily,Italy,March29, 1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1960,1964;member ofGeorgiaRepublican State Central Committee, 1966-67;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;took senior status 1991.Methodist.Italianancestry. Member,PhiDelta Phi;Delta Sigma Phi;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;American BarAssociation.Died in Brunswick,GlynnCounty, Ga.,December30, 2009 (age89 years, 276days).Burial location unknown. | | Dallas L. Alford Jr. — of Rocky Mount,NashCounty, N.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofNorthCarolina state senate 6th District, 1959.Methodist.Member,Elks;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Kiwanis;Delta Sigma Phi;Jaycees.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford; married1945 toMargarette Glenn Griffin. |
| | George Venable Allen (1903-1970) — also known asGeorge V. Allen — of Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.; Maryland;Washington,D.C.Born in Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,November3, 1903.Schoolteacher and principal;newspaperreporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inKingston, as of 1930;Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul inCairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador toIran, 1946-48;Yugoslavia, 1949-53;India, 1953-54;Nepal, 1953-54;Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;president,TobaccoInstitute, 1960-66.Methodist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Delta Sigma Phi;UnitedWorld Federalists.Died suddenly, from acoronaryocclusion, in Bahama,DurhamCounty, N.C.,July 11,1970 (age66 years, 250days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Albert Preston Brewer (b. 1928) — also known asAlbert P. Brewer — ofMorganCounty, Ala.Born in Bethel Springs,McNairyCounty, Tenn.,October26, 1928.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1955-67;Speaker ofthe Alabama State House of Representatives, 1963-67;LieutenantGovernor of Alabama, 1967-68;Governor ofAlabama, 1968-71; defeated, 1970, 1978; Democratic PresidentialElector for Alabama,1968(voted forGeorgeC. Wallace andCurtisE. LeMay).Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Delta Sigma Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) — also known asC. Wayland Brooks — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Wyanet,BureauCounty, Ill.,March 8,1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1936; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1939-52; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1956(chair,CredentialsCommittee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1940-49; defeated, 1948.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;PhiDelta Phi;Delta Sigma Phi;Elks;PurpleHeart.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January14, 1957 (age59 years, 312days).Interment atPleasantView Cemetery, Kewanee, Ill. | | B. Howard Caughran (b. 1890) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born near Fayetteville,LincolnCounty, Tenn.,November6, 1890.Democrat.Schoolteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1940-50.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Delta Sigma Phi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Hamilton Caughran and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran; married,June5, 1918, to Effie East. |
| | James John Davis (1873-1947) — also known asJames J. Davis;"PuddlerJim" —of Elwood,MadisonCounty, Ind.; Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Tredegar,Wales,October27, 1873.Republican.MadisonCounty Recorder, 1903-07;U.S.Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1928,1936,1940(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.Baptist.Welshancestry. Member,Moose;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Grotto;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Eagles;Foresters;Woodmen;Maccabees;Delta Sigma Phi.Died in ahospitalat Takoma Park,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,November22, 1947 (age74 years, 26days).Interment atUnionDale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) — of Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,January28, 1909.Democrat.President,Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62;vice-president,AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64;printingbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated,1966.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;OptimistClub;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;InternationalTypographical Union.Died in1983(ageabout74 years).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin C. Ewing (1902-1967) — of Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Coraopolis,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November26, 1902.Republican.Petroleumengineer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Allegheny County 15thDistrict, 1939-40, 1943-64; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 37th District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;Freemasons;Shriners.DiedMay 3,1967 (age64 years, 158days).Interment atMt.Lebanon Cemetery, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward J. Ewing and Etta (Clark) Ewing; married to GertrudeSherlock; father ofWayneS. Ewing. |
| | Wayne S. Ewing (1929-2010) — of Mt. Lebanon,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Coraopolis,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,February14, 1929.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 37th District, 1967-76.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Delta Sigma Phi;Jaycees.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,March19, 2010 (age81 years, 33days).Interment atWoodlawnMemorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Edgar A. Geerlings (b. 1937) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Zeeland,OttawaCounty, Mich.,April24, 1937.Republican.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 97th District, 1967-86; defeated,1964 (97th District), 1992 (91st District).ChristianReformed. Member,NationalEducation Association;Delta Sigma Phi;FraternalOrder of Police.Still living as of 1992. | | Roman S. Gribbs (1925-2016) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December29, 1925.Democrat.Lawyer;WayneCounty Sheriff, 1968-69;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1970-73;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1975-82; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1976;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1983.Catholic.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;AmericanJudicature Society;NAACP.Died in Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 5,2016 (age90 years, 98days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas Richard Harkin (b. 1939) — also known asTom Harkin — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa; Cumming,WarrenCounty, Iowa.Born in Cumming,WarrenCounty, Iowa,November19, 1939.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1972;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1985-; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1992;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | John Michael Hayden (b. 1944) — also known asMike Hayden — of Atwood,RawlinsCounty, Kan.BornMarch16, 1944.Republican.Speaker ofthe Kansas State House of Representatives, 1983-86;Governor ofKansas, 1987-91.Member,Delta Sigma Phi. Still living as of 2014. | | Felix Edward Hébert (1901-1979) — also known asF. Edward Hébert — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,October12, 1901.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1941-77.Catholic.Member,Delta Sigma Phi.DiedDecember29, 1979 (age78 years, 78days).Interment atLakeLawn Park Cemetery, New Orleans, La. | | William John Hughes (b. 1932) — also known asWilliam J. Hughes;BillHughes —of Ocean City,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.,October17, 1932.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1972;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1975-95; defeated,1970; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1988;U.S. Ambassador toPanama, 1995-98.Episcopalian.Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) — also known asRobert F. Jones — of Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Cairo,AllenCounty, Ohio,June 25,1907.Republican.Lawyer;AllenCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39;U.S.Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, FederalCommunications Commission, 1947-52.Methodist;laterBaptist.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;American BarAssociation;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.DiedJune 22,1968 (age60 years, 363days).Interment atLimaMemorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio. | | Robert John Lagomarsino (b. 1926) — also known asRobert J. Lagomarsino — of Ojai,VenturaCounty, Calif.Born in Ventura,VenturaCounty, Calif.,September4, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1961-74;U.S.Representative from California, 1974-93 (13th District 1974-75,19th District 1975-93).Catholic.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;Rotary;Elks;Moose;Eagles.Still living as of 2014. | | Richard Webster Leche (1898-1965) — also known asRichard W. Leche — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 17,1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;secretary to Gov.O. K.Allen, 1932-34; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals,1934-36;Governor ofLouisiana, 1936-39;LouisianaDemocratic state chair, 1937.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;American BarAssociation;Freemasons.DiedFebruary22, 1965 (age66 years, 281days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Hugh Gordon Mitchell (b. 1902) — also known asHugh G. Mitchell — of Statesville,IredellCounty, N.C.Born in Statesville,IredellCounty, N.C.,October5, 1902.Democrat.Lawyer;third vice-president, AlexanderRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1936,1940,1944,1948(alternate),1956,1960;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1943-46.Presbyterian.Member,Lions;PatrioticOrder Sons of America;AmericanJudicature Society;American BarAssociation;Delta Sigma Phi.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Page Mitchell and Amelia (Leinster)Mitchell. |
| | Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) — also known asStanley B. Niles — of Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant,HenryCounty, Iowa.Born in Nashville,BarryCounty, Mich.,January22, 1896.Methodistminister; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from EatonCounty, 1933; Commonwealth candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate forMichiganstate auditor general, 1936;president,Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.Methodist.Member,AmericanLegion;Kiwanis;Delta Sigma Phi;DeltaSigma Rho.Died, in Methodist Manorretirementhome, Tulsa,TulsaCounty, Okla.,December30, 1978 (age82 years, 342days).Intermentsomewherein Tulsa, Okla.| | Relatives: Sonof Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married,April11, 1919, to Velma A. Thomas. |
| | David Alfred Perdue Jr. (b. 1949) — also known asDavid Perdue — Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December10, 1949.Republican.U.S.Senator from Georgia, 2015-.UnitedMethodist. Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Still living as of 2016. | | Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) — also known asCharles S. Reid — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Blairsville,UnionCounty, Ga.,September25, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 1937;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43.Methodist.Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Died inFultonCounty, Ga.,November7, 1947 (age50 years, 43days).Burial location unknown. | | Farrell Eugene Roberts (1922-1985) — also known asFarrell E. Roberts — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,March29, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served inthe U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;lawyer;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-54; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District,1957-60; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1961-64, 1965-66 (12th District 1961-64, 14thDistrict 1965-66); candidate forJudge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1964, 1974 (primary);circuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-78.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Delta Sigma Phi;DeltaTheta Phi;Kiwanis;Elks;Amvets.Died in1985(ageabout63 years).Burial location unknown. | | Tim Ryan (b. 1956) — ofBrowardCounty, Fla.Born in Dania (now Dania Beach),BrowardCounty, Fla.,February7, 1956.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives 99th District, 1999-.Catholic.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;PhiDelta Phi;Rotary;Jaycees.Still living as of 1999. | | Lon Allen Scott (1888-1931) — also known asLon A. Scott — of Savannah,HardinCounty, Tenn.Born in Cypress Inn,WayneCounty, Tenn.,September25, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;merchant;realestate business;lumberbusiness; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1924.Member,Delta Sigma Phi. Died in1931(ageabout42 years).Interment atSavannahCemetery, Savannah, Tenn. | | Arlan Ingehart Stangeland (1930-2013) — also known asArlan Stangeland — of Barnesville,ClayCounty, Minn.Born in Fargo,CassCounty, N.Dak.,February8, 1930.Republican. Member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1966-74 (District 56-B 1966-72,District 9-B 1973-74);U.S.Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1977-91; defeated(Independent Republican), 1990; news media reported in January 1990that he had made hundreds of phone calls on his House phone creditcard, to or from the home of a femalelobbyist;he denied having anextramaritalaffair, but thescandalcontributed to his defeat in November 1990.Lutheran.Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Died inOtter TailCounty, Minn.,July 2,2013 (age83 years, 144days).Burial location unknown. | | John Berchmans Sullivan (1897-1951) — also known asJohn B. Sullivan — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Sedalia,PettisCounty, Mo.,October10, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1941-43, 1945-47,1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;AmericanArbitration Association;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Delta Sigma Phi;DeltaTheta Phi;Elks.Died inWashington,D.C.,January29, 1951 (age53 years, 111days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Todd Tiahrt (b. 1951) — of Goddard,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,June 15,1951.Republican. Member ofKansasstate senate, 1993-94;U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1995-; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kansas, 2012; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kansas,2012;Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas,2012(voted forMittRomney andPaulRyan).Assemblyof God. Member,Delta Sigma Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | Michael R. Turner (b. 1960) — also known asMike Turner — of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio.Born in Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio,January11, 1960.Republican.Lawyer;mayor ofDayton, Ohio, 1993-2001;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 2003-.Member,Delta Sigma Phi. Still living as of 2014. | | Joseph J. Ward (b. 1893) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,May 11,1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;circuit judge in Missouri 8th Circuit, 1937-47.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;HolyName Society;Delta Sigma Phi;DeltaTheta Phi;AmericanLegion;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society.Burial location unknown. | | Lloyd Franklin Wheat (b. 1922) — also known asLloyd F. Wheat — of Coushatta,Red RiverParish, La.Born in Bonham (unknownparish), La.,April27, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;member ofLouisianastate senate, 1948-50.Protestant.Member,Delta Sigma Phi;PhiDelta Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;Lions.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
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